http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/champions online http://kotaku.com/tag/champions online Publisher Atari is "divesting" itself of MMO specialists Cryptic Studios, which it snapped up in 2008. It's trying to sell the creators of Star Trek Online and Champions Online after losing Atari millions. [Atari Results (PDF)] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5802882&view=rss&microfeed=true Massively-multiplayer superhero game Champions Online will go free-to-play on January 25. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5731282&view=rss&microfeed=true Bill Roper — one of the forces behind Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo — defected to Cryptic Studios back in 2008 to work on Champions Online and Star Trek. He has recently stated that he's leaving Cryptic, but hasn't given specifics. More »
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Champions Online players will soon have new foes to fight with the introduction of Adventure Packs, regular doses of new story content, kicking off next month with The Serpent Lantern. More »
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Champions Online's Millennium City has been invaded by the Black Harlequin and his giant, murderous mecha-teddy, Clarence for the holidays. We're going to need bigger hugs. More »
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Cryptic Studios puts Champions Online's nemesis feature to good use next week, pitting players against their self-created arch nemesis in a battle to save the universe from inter-dimensional evil in the Nemesis Confrontation event. More »
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According to developer Cryptic Studios, Super Crecente is just one of more than a million superhero characters created since the launch of the massively multiplayer Champions Online. More »
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Zombies and werewolves run rampant in Cryptic Studios' Blood Moon event for Champions Online. In this video the developers discuss the special events taking place during the free-for-all weekend. More »
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Why spend next weekend going out dressed up in costumes and getting drunk when you can stay home, put on a costume and get drunk while playing in Champions Online's free play weekend? More »
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The NPD PC charts for September have arrived, bringing with them several new entries amidst the old favorites, with Batman, Champions Online, and Aion slipping into the top 20. More »
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Join us, brave adventurers, as we put four superhero characters through their paces in Cryptic's Champions Online. Fear the trickery of Bullshot! Feel the blades of Becca Danger! Generally look out for Super Crecente! More »
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Jack Emmert, the Cryptic chief creative officer, says Microsoft has a "baffling" issue with MMOs, and it's holding up the console release of Champions Online. More »
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Some superheroes largely work alone, but even the most jaded vigilante has to bring in a little backup now and then. Here's how that works in Champions Online. More »
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The Champions Online open beta is now in full swing, and here's a look at how you'll be swinging, flying, and burrowing your way through the new superhero MMO. More »
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Time to put Cryptic's latest massively-multiplayer online superhero game to the test, as the FilePlanet open beta for Champions Online launches with only a few slight snags. More »
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In this developer diary for Champions Online, Cryptic explores the secret origins of the company and how it wound up creating a superhero MMO. More »
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Star Trek fans might want to consider becoming Champions Online fans as well, with Cryptic offering guaranteed Star Trek Online closed beta access to players who purchase long-term subscriptions to the superhero MMO. More »
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Cryptic wants you to sign up for the Champions Online newsletter so badly that they're passing out a free in-game pet to everyone who adds their email to the mailing list. More »
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Champions Online developer Cryptic has dropped details and dates for its upcoming "open" beta test, with 50,000 keys up for grabs worldwide via IGN's FilePlanet. More »
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Cryptic has announced the preorder bonuses for their upcoming massively-multiplayer online superhero game Champions Online, with what you get depending on where you buy. More »
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After some hands-on time with Champions Online earlier this month, I pronounced myself skeptical of the combat system. More »
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Champions Online executive producer Bill Roper walks us through creating a character in Cryptic's upcoming massively-multiplayer online superhero game. More »
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Last night, Cryptic Studios held an event that was all about the player versus player combat in its upcoming massively multiplayer online superhero game, Champions Online. More »
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Attention, comic book nerds and MMO fans! Champions Online, which has been in closed beta for a while now, will next month move into open beta. Meaning anyone can play it. More »
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It's an all-out battle between your computer and the forces of system requirements, as Cryptic reveals the stats your PC needs to roll to run Champions Online. More »
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Just when the morning seemed destined to fall at the nefarious hands of evil, new Champions Online screenshots arrive to save the day, just in the nick of time! More »
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A true superhero knows when to boldly charge into battle and when to delay your game for a couple of months in order to make sure it's solid. More »
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The new, bigger E3 is a little smaller today, as Atari has confirmed that it is no longer exhibiting at the show. More »
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Strategy Informer reports on an event taking place over in the UK today, where Cryptic Executive Producer Bill Roper delivered a July released date for Champions Online in the U.S. and Europe. More »
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Witness an exciting new travel power that developer Cryptic is including in their massively multiplayer online superhero game Champions Online. More »
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Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios has admitted to sending representatives into NCsoft's City of Heroes in order to recruit new players to their beta program. More »
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Developer Cryptic Studios shows it's not afraid to get its feet wet, with the introduction of Lemuria, a deadly underwater kingdom in the world of Champions Online. More »
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Cryptic Studios makes a game out of the vast character customization options in their upcoming superhero MMO Champions Online with the addition of a new "Rate My Champion" section on their website. More »
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In the latest edition of their Champions Online Q&A feature, developer Cryptic details how powers in their upcoming superhero MMORPG can be tweaked by players for a more customized hero. More »
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Get a glimpse of the various locales in Cryptic's upcoming superhero MMO Champions Online, as the assembled denizens of the game gather to ring in the new year. More »
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A eagle-eyed reader has spotted an ad on Craigslist for a PS3 Engine Programmer. Nothing particularly unusual in that - people occasionally use Craigslist for things other than selling unwanted gifts and soliciting prostitutes, after all. More »
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Cryptic Studios hired Bill Roper, former Director of Blizzard Entertainment and co-founder of Flagship Studios , as the company’s Design Director, they announced today. More »
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Pow! Thwack! Other cliched superhero noises that may not have anything to do with this game! Champions Online is entering closed beta and curious would-be heroes can sign up now via the official website. More »
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Cryptic have posted another of their development blog Q&As that gives a rundown of some of the more obscure features of their upcoming Superhero MMO. More »
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There was plenty of cool stuff to grab at this year's Penny Arcade Expo. Lots of t-shirts of course, stickers, wrist bands, all of those freebies from bungie, the boxes of stuff. You could even get a free copy of Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway if you were willing to have your head shaved. Tristan got a free spray-painted tattoo. (There were two designs) Among all of the largess two companies' swag really stood out though. More »
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